The leadership of the Labour Party has labelled the reported ‘mechanical completion’ and the ‘flare start-off’ of the country’s biggest crude refinery in Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, as a sham. This was even as the ruling All Progressives Congress cautioned the Labour Party against misleading the public, stressing that it is not every ...
•Chairman, Delta State Internal Revenue Service, Solomon Ighrakpata Employers of labour as well as self-employed individuals in Delta State, have been given till January 31, and March 31, 2024, respectively, to voluntarily file their annual tax returns for 2023 by the Personal Income Tax Act of 2004, as amended. This was contained in a stateme...
•Victor Osimhen CAF African Footballer of the Year, Victor Osimhen, was spotted attending a crossover service in a church in Lagos on New Year’s Eve. To the excitement and applause of the audience, the Super Eagles forward, who has been freed by his Italian club Napoli for the 2023 African Cup of Nations in Cote […]
•Governor Caleb Mutfwang In the wake of the attacks on Christmas Eve in several Plateau State towns that claimed the lives of over 150 people, the state administration today announced a seven-day mourning period that would begin on January 1. The announcement was delivered by Governor Caleb Mutfwang during his statewide New Year’s broadcast to...
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has signed the N28.7 trillion 2024 Budget into law. He assented to the 2024 Appropriation Bill at a brief ceremony at the Presidential Villa in Abuja today, reports Channels TV. Among those with the president while he signed were the President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, and the Speaker of […]...
•Japan earthquake Japan has issued a major tsunami warning after a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck the central region. Residents in the coastal Noto area in Ishikawa prefecture were asked to “evacuate immediately to higher ground,” national broadcaster NHK said. The Japan Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami warning along the coastal regions...
•CBN Governor Yemi Cardoso If there was a troublous period that characterised 2023, and which most Nigerians will never forget in a hurry, it is unarguably that of the period when Naira scarcity prevailed wherein not a few bankable and non-bankable Nigerians experienced difficulties in carrying monetary transactions by each passing day so much...
•Terrorists A chilling account of how communities were attacked in three local government areas of Plateau State was given on the floor of the Senate at the weekend. Senator Abdul Ningi (Bauchi Central) held the Red Chamber spellbound when he told his colleagues how almost 200 people were massacred by bandits, reports The Nation. According [&h...
The Israeli military has said it expects the conflict in Gaza to continue throughout 2024. In a New Year’s message, Israel Defence Forces spokesman Daniel Hagari said troop deployments were being adjusted to prepare for “prolonged fighting”. He said some troops – especially reservists – would be withdrawn to allow them to regroup, reports AFP....
•Fubara Barely 24 hours after the House of Assembly Speaker loyal to him resigned both as a Speaker and a lawmaker, the Rivers State governor, Siminilayi Fubara has assured that no amount of political crisis can truncate the tenure of his administration. Fubara assured that he is not pretentious about his commitment to providing quality [&hell...

